Bill O'Reilly Loves Comcast

It's safe to say Comcast isn't a particularly beloved company. In 2004 and 2007, it had the worst customer satisfaction
rating of any company or government agency. There are entire Web
communities devoted to trashing it. There was even an instance in 2007 when an angry female
customer entered Comcast offices and began destroying office equipment
with a hammer before being arrested. Little wonder that in February, the company began a rebranding effort under the name "Xfinity."

But last night, we found out
that the country's largest cable provider has an unlikely ally in Bill
O'Reilly. On his show he called Comcast an "honest corporation" and
suggested that it may improve the journalistic integrity of NBC, which
it merged with last year. It was a
pretty strange endorsement from the Fox News firebrand. The comment came in the midst of a rant about the rampant dishonesty of NBC News. Here's the transcript:

You, the
everyday American, are now being lied to on a regular basis by people
working for huge corporations and nothing is being done about it. A
voter-driven republic, a voter-driven republic cannot survive if lies
supersede the truth... Now, we expect that from NBC. But "TIME"
magazine? Come on... The good news is NBC News will soon be taken
over by Comcast, an honest corporation and perhaps changes will be made.
The American people deserve an honest government and an honest media.
Do we not?